When comparing Snap.svg vs Anime.js, the Slant community recommends Snap.svg for most people. In the question“What are the best JavaScript drawing libraries?” Snap.svg is ranked 7th while Anime.js is ranked 27th.
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Pros

Pro Pure SVG library
Pro Written by a SVG Guru and pioneer
Dmitry Baranovskiy also wrote Raphael (project now owned by Sencha), this is the updated modern version of that library. Dmitry also is a champion directly affecting the future of SVG standards with W3C

Pro Backed by Adobe
Adobe is backing the development of snap.svg
Pro Features
Supports the newest SVG features like masking, clipping, patterns, full gradients, groups, and more
Pro Very simple
It's one of the easiest drawing libraries to learn.
Pro Works with all of the common browsers
That includes: Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox and IE 10+
Pro Pretty lightweight
Only 9.43KB.
Cons
Con Not actively developed
During 2016 was few updates, more updates in 2017
Con Spotty exporting
Exporting doesn't work well (if at all sometimes) with SVGs exported from anything other than Adobe products.
Con Weak documentation
Explanations provided in the documentation can often be unclear, with some features missing from the documentation all together.
